Voight v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 176, Oct. T., 1896, by plaintiffs, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 912, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was discharging above rule.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
This appeal is from an order discharging a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The action was to recover for the use of a party wall. Prior to 1892, L. H. Voight purchased a lot of land with a front of fifty-three feet and ten inches on the north side of Liberty street, Pittsburg. On the easterly part of the lot there was a brick building twenty feet wide. Voight built a warehouse on the westerly part with side walls twenty-two inches thick. On December 20, 1892, he conveyed to Andrew Fisher twenty feet and eleven inches of the easterly…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Knight v. BeenkenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
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